Conference Schedule
DAY 1
April 4 / Monday
9AM – 4PM
Registration & Golf Tournament
Registration opens at 9am and our annual shot gun golf tournament starts at 8am at Firethorne Golf Club. Click here for more details.
9AM – 4PM
Exhibitor Set-Up
1:00PM – 4PM
Vapor Intrusion Breakout Sessions – Symphony V Ballroom
- 1:00 PM – Susan Cooper, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP – A Legal Look at Vapor Intrusion
- 1:30 PM – Mary Katherine Stukes, Moore & Van Allen PLLC – Navigating Risks Posed by Immediate Action Standards for TCE
- 2:00 PM – David Edelstein, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP – Vapor Intrusion: the Good, the Bad, and the Frustrating
- 2:30 PM – Genna K. Olson, P.G., Hart & Hickman – Short-Term TCE Risk Communication and Response
- 3:00 PM – TBD – TBD
- 3:30 PM – Panel Discussion with All Speakers: Cooper, Stukes, Edelstein, and Olson
- 4:00 PM – Adjourn
1:25PM – 4PM
Remediation – Hydrocarbons Breakout Session – Symphony VII Ballroom
- 1:25 PM – Session Chair – Opening Remarks
- 1:30 PM – Kate Clark PhD, Microbial Insights – Stimulating and Sustaining Reductive Dechlorination using In Situ Bioreactors
- 2:00 PM – Jack Sheldon, Antea Group – Testing a Sorption/BioAmendment Combination in an Excavation Supported by Molecular Biological Tools
- 2:30 PM – Al Quarles, ATC Services – Quantitative High Resolution Site Characterization to Support Petroleum Remediation in Piedmont Geology
- 3:00 PM – Jim Depa, Jacob and Hefner Associates – Practical Applications of 3D Conceptual Site Models (CSMs), Built from High Resolution Data Sets
- 3:30 PM – Richard Smith, SMME – “Gas-Phase Biostimulation”
- 4:00 PM – Adjourn
1PM – 4PM
IHMM Breakout Session Schedule – CHMM Refresher – Symphony VI Ballroom
- 1:00 PM – Eugene A. Guilford, IHMM – IHMM Certified Hazardous Materials Manager [CHMM®] America’s Premier Environmental Professional Certification – Your Recognition of Excellence and Competence in the Laws and Regulations of Hazardous Materials Management
- 1:45 PM – Eugene A. Guilford, IHMM – IHMM Certified Dangerous Goods Professional [CDGP®] The global certification recognizing expertise in dealing with the safe, secure, and compliant transportation of dangerous goods internationally under the model regulations published by the United Nations, International Maritime Organization, International Civil Aviation Organization, and International Air Transport Association
- 2:30 PM – Jessica Schlueter, PhD, & Mariya Munir, PhD, Department of Bioformatics and Genomics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte – Operation PooPatrol – Wastewater surveillance monitoring on UNC Charlotte campus.
- 3:15 PM – Robert A West, Board Chair, Hazardous Materials Society – PFAs: Treatment & Analysis
- 4:00 PM – Adjourn
4PM – 5:30PM
Kickoff & Cocktail Hour
We will kick-off the 2021 Global EnviroSummit in the exhibit hall at 4pm with drinks. Each sponsor and exhibitor will have drink tickets so make sure you go talk with them.
DAY 2
April 5 / Tuesday
7AM – 6PM
Registration Open
7AM – 11:30AM
- 7:00 AM – Breakfast in Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
- 8:00 AM – Master of Ceremonies – Welcome & Introductions in the Symphony Ballroom
- 8:05 AM – Travis Bowman, EnviroSummit Executive Director – Opening Remarks
- 8:10 AM – Dena Diorio, Mecklenburg County Manager – Mecklenburg Welcomes You!
- 8:15 AM – Executive Board Panel Discussion – Setting the Stage for the 2021 Global EnviroSummit
- 8:30 AM – Michael Edward Scott, Director of Waste Management, NC DEQ – Waste Management in North Carolina, a Murphy to Manteo perspective.
- 8:50 AM – Trent Key, PhD, ExxonMobil – Reducing Site Management Uncertainty with Molecular Biological Tools
- 9:10 AM – John Sohl, Columbia Technologies – Vapor Intrusion and the Importance of HRSC
- 9:30 AM – Ned Witte, Attorney at Godfrey & Kahn – Legal Perspective on PFAS Liability
- 9:50 AM – Jennifer DeBruyn, Ph.D., University of Tennessee – Microplastics – an Emerging Contaminant
- 10:10 AM – Dirk Pohlmann, Bay West – Lessons Learned from the Oldest PFAS Remediation Project with the DOD
- 10:30 AM – Rick Cramer, Burns and McDonnell – Environmental Sequence Stratigraphy (ESS): Lessons Learned and Evolution to a Digital Conceptual Site Model for Complex Contaminated Sites
- 10:50 AM – Mark Benotti, Ph.D., Newfields – Environmental Forensics
- 11:10 AM – Executive Board Panel Discussion – Q&A with Board and Speakers
- 11:30 AM – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
12PM – 1PM
Lunch & Keynote Speaker
- 12:00 – Lunch is served
- 12:15 – Dora Taggart, Microbial Insights – “From Microbiome to Microbiome: How Environmental Microbes Impact our World”
- 1:00 – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
1:25PM – 5PM
Remediation Breakout Session Schedule – Chlorinated Solvents – Symphony VII Ballroom
- 1:25 PM – Session Chair – Opening Remarks
- 1:30 PM – David Gillay, Barnes & Thornberg – Toxic Tort Warfare – Updates on what constitutes an imminent and substantial endangerment, exposure issues, and expert battles related to chlorinated VOCs
- 2:00 PM – Erika Carter PhD, Arcadis – Laboratory and Field Validation of Min-Traps for Collection and Analysis of Reactive Iron Sulfide Minerals for Abiotic Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compound Degradation
- 2:30 PM – Drew Baird, FRx – Lessons Learned While Injecting More Than One Hundred Tons of Potassium Persulfate
- 3:00 PM – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
- 3:30 PM – Eric Lundy, DeepEarth Technologies – Revisiting Historical Field Data to Uncover Embedded Trends That can Predict the Outcome of Current Remedial Projects
- 4:00 PM – Brian Bendis, Pine Environmental – Using Telemetry Solutions for Remediation Projects
- 4:30 PM – Brad Elkins, EOS Remediation – How to Address Low pH During in situ Bioremediation
- 5:00 PM – Adjourn
1:25PM – 5PM
Vapor Intrusion Breakout Session Schedule – Symphony V Ballroom
- 1:25 PM – Session Chair – Opening Remarks
- 1:30 PM – Laurie Chilcote, Vapor Pin & Craig Cox, Cox-Colvin & Associates, Inc – A Successful Vapor Intrusion Project Begins with a Carefully Conceived Conceptual Site Model
- 2:00 PM –Andrew Horwath & Jim Zentmeyer, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. – Successful Air & Vapor Data Collection: Best Practices for Vapor Intrusion Investigations
- 2:30 PM – Harry O’Neill, Beacon Environmental – Quantitative Passive Sampling Methods for Vapor Intrusion Assessments
- 3:00 PM – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
- 3:30 PM – Keri E. Hallberg, Jacobs – Defining Sampling Zones in Large Industrial Buildings to Select Efficient Vapor Intrusion Investigation Strategies
- 4:00 PM – Jim Fineis, Total Vapor Solutions – Using Innovative Sampling Approaches to Solving Complex Vapor Intrusion Problems
- 4:30 PM – Panel Discussion with All Speakers: Chilcote, Cox, Horwath, Zentmeyer, O’Neill, Hallberg, and Fineis
- 5:00 PM – Adjourn
1:25PM – 5PM
Energy & Environment Breakout Session Schedule – Mecklenburg III Ballroom
- 1:25 PM – Session Chair – Opening Remarks
- 1:30 PM – Greg Hebeler, Golder WSP – Utilizing Paste Technology and Innovative Geotechnical Methods to Create Pumped Hydro Storage
- 2:00 PM – Will Keyes, Griffin Dewatering – Ash Basin Dewatering – To Pilot Test of Not to Pilot Test
- 2:30 PM – Johnny Lowe and Jason Thaxton, Waste Management – Construction Considerations When Incorporating an MSE Berm Wall on a CCR Landfill
- 3:00 PM – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
- 3:30 PM – Jacob Gallagher, Ellingson DTD – Ash Basin Water Solutions Utilizing Horizontal Directional Well Installations
- 4:00 PM – Whit Rawls, P.E., Chase SAP – Cost Effective Approach to Drying Saturated Coal Combustion Residuals (CCRs) with Superabsorbent Polymers
- 4:30 PM – Justin Sasser, Pine Environmental – Emerging Contaminants – Monitoring and Sampling for PFAS
- 5:00 PM – Adjourn
1:25PM – 5PM
Air Quality Breakout Session Schedule – Symphony VI Ballroom
- 1:25 PM – Session Chair – Opening Remarks
- 1:30 PM – Amy Marshall, All4 Environmental – Environmental Justice & the New Administration
- 2:00 PM – Mike Atwell – Solvay – Sodium Dry Sorbent Injection for Acid Gas Control
- 2:30 PM – Sean Dooley, Dual Resource Partners – Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) equipment selection through protocol and test design
- 3:00 PM – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
- 3:30 PM – Steven Kosler, LJUNGSTROM – Advanced X-Ratio Management for CO2 Emission Reduction and Operational Flexibility
- 4:00 PM – Blake Ericson, Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. – PFAS, an Emerging Concern in Air, Water and Soil
- 4:30 PM – Drew Dintaman, Aeroqual – Good Neighbors: How Air Monitoring Technology Can Build Trust, Dismantle Risk, & Optimize Operations
5PM – 6PM
Cocktail Hour in the Exhibit Hall
DAY 3
April 6 / Wednesday
7AM – 6PM
Registration Open
7AM – 11:30AM
- 7:00 AM – Breakfast in Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
- 8:00 AM – Master of Ceremonies – Welcome & Introductions in the Symphony Ballroom
- 8:05 AM – Travis Bowman, EnviroSummit Executive Director – Opening Remarks
- 8:10 AM – Frannie Nilsen, PhD., NC DEQ – Chemours PFAS Contamination
- 8:30 AM – Chris Hardin, CALM Initiative – Coal Ash Basins and Energy Site Remediation: An Opportunity to Transition the Largest Environmental Remediation in United States History to Energy Storage Projects
- 8:50 AM – Terry Hazen, PhD., Hazen Lab – Wastewater Testing for COVID-19 & Other Infectious Diseases
- 9:10 AM – Greg Landry, Keller N. America – Intro: Coal Ash Basin Remediation: Dewatering, Site Stability & Environmental Protection
- 9:30 AM – Lila Beckley, GSI – Longterm Groundwater Protection and Post Closure Care of Coal Ash Basins
- 9:50 AM – Bill Kennedy, Stantec – Intro: Wastewater Treatment for Active Energy Plants and Coal Ash Basins
- 10:10 AM – Andrew Vincent, Höganäs Environmental Solutions – Ash Pond Closures with Heavy Metal Treatment
- 10:30 AM – Kevin Ingram, Lhoist – Lime for Activating Coal Ash For Encapsulation: Bringing short term and long term benefits to CCP closure projects
- 10:50 AM – James Henderson, Corteva – Site Conceptual Models – a Practical Approach that Works
- 11:10 AM – Rafic Minkara, PhD., James Hendersen, Chris Hardin – Panel Discussion: How to Build Back Better – Utilizing Brownfields for Clean Energy
- 11:30 AM – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
12PM – 1PM
Lunch & Keynote Speaker
- 12:00 – Lunch is served
- 12:15 – Dr. John Wilson, Scissortail Environmental – “Advancing Technologies: Reflecting back 50 Years but Looking to the Future”
- 1:00 – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
1:25PM – 5PM
Remediation Breakout Session Schedule – Emerging Contaminates -Symphony VII Ballroom
- 1:25 PM – Matt Geary, CETCO – PFAS remediation with Fluoro-Sorb(r) Adsorbent
- 2:00 PM – Doug Gray, AECOM – Comparison of Geochemical and Arsenic Speciation Conditions to Evaluate Potential Landfill Impacts to Groundwater
- 2:30 PM – Steffen Griepke, TerraTherm – Thermal Remediation Technologies and the Benefits Offered for Contaminated Redevelopment Sites
- 3:00 PM – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
- 3:30 PM – Ned Witte, Attorney at Godfrey & Kahn – Indepth: Legal Perspective on PFAS Liability
- 4:00 PM – Kent Armstrong, TerraStryke – Cost-Effective Destruction of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminants with Expedited Residual Mass
- 5:00 PM – Adjourn
1:25PM – 5PM
Vapor Intrusion Breakout Session Schedule – Symphony V Ballroom
- 1:25 PM – Session Chair – Opening Remarks
- 1:30 PM – Tony McDonald, A-Z Solutions, Inc. – Pilot Testing – The Key to Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Success
- 2:00 PM – Jeff Ahrens, Geosyntec – A Comparison of Approaches to Methane Mitigation in New Buildings
- 2:30 PM – Peter Grant, EPRO – Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Barriers – Concept, Design & Installation
- 3:00 PM – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
- 3:30 PM – Tom Hatton, Clean Vapor, LLC – Addressing the Sick Sixth Side of Your Building
- 4:00 PM – Jordan Knight, Land Science – Three Technology Advancements in Vapor Mitigation
- 4:30 PM – Panel Discussion with All Speakers: McDonald, Ahrens, Grant, Hatton, and Knight
- 5:00 PM – Adjourn
1:25PM – 5PM
Energy & Environment Breakout Session Schedule – Mecklenburg III Ballroom
- 1:25 PM – Session Chair – Opening Remarks
- 1:30 PM – G. Landry and P. Gouvan, Keller N. America – More Indepth: Coal Ash Basin – Stability, Monitoring and Safety Considerations. Current State of the Practice
- 2:15 PM – Scott Pfeiffer, APTIM – The Climate Change Transition and eventual Battery Waste Problem
- 3:00 PM – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
- 3:30 PM – Kevin Harshberger, R.B. Jenkins & Chris Hardin, CALM – More Indepth: Practical Aspects of Building Back Better. Cleaning up coal mines, Brownfield sites and Energy Storage Structures
- 4:15 PM – Bill Kennedy, Stantec – More Indepth: Wastewater Treatment for Active Energy Plants and Coal Ash Basins
- 5:00 PM – Adjourn
1:25PM – 5PM
Air Quality Breakout Session Schedule – Symphony VI Ballroom
- 1:25 PM – Session Chair – Opening Remarks
- 1:30 PM – Zak Zrimsek, CleanAir Engineering – In-Situ FCCU Process Optimization Mapping
- 2:00 PM – Jerry Hunt, Lhoist – Solutions, Not Just Sorbents
- 2:30 PM – Chris Whitehead – Enviro-Sciences, Inc. – New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law: A Potential Model for EJ National Focus
- 3:00 PM – Break in the Exhibit Hall – Carolina Ballroom
- 3:30 PM – Joe Haney, IAC International – Virtual Reliability Manager – How to embrace remote monitoring for APC equipment
- 4:00 PM – Blake Ericson, Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. – FTIR Basics, How to Understand Your Test Data
- 4:30 PM – Blake Ericson, Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. – FTIR Advanced measurements (Starboost – Formaldehyde, GC – MAX – BTEX)
- 5:00 PM – Adjourn